Where does “filen” come from?

filen (Middle English) comes from Old English fȳlan, from Proto-Germanic *fūlijan, from Proto-Germanic fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European pū- — rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

filen (Middle English): to defile

Definitions

  1. to defile

Ancestry of “filen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfȳlanto defile, make foul
2Proto-Germanic*fūlijan—
3Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

Words derived from “filen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fūlaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *fūlijan →